How to say 'more' in French: comparatives

On the previous page, we looked at how to translate more in French in phrases such as more coffee, more animals. Here, we look at another common case, when more is used as a comparative.

Difficult case: more tiring work etc

Note that in English, a phrase such as more tiring work could mean "more work that is
tiring", or it could mean "work that is more tiring". For now, we're dealing with the first case here:
plus de travail fatigant or encore du travail fatigant.

Comparison of adjectives (and adverbs)

In English, the word more is used with an adjective or adverb to make a comparison.
This is especially true when the adjective is long (3 syllables or more) and/or is based on a
suffix such as -ful, -some etc: so English speakers would
say: